Improvement in wainscoting for buildings



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE G. WINANS, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAINSCOTING FOR BUILDINGS.

Spccilication forming part ofLetters Patent No. 145,016, dated February24, 1874; application filed July 17, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit k own that I, GEORGE G. WINANs, of Scranton, 'n the county ofLuzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedVVainscoting for Buildings; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full and exact description of the same, reference being' had to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, in whichtodescribe.

The wainscoting isformed from narrow boards about one inch in thickness,sawed longitudinally at an angle so as to produce two strips, A A,thicker at one edge than at the other. The thin edge of cach strip nextthe beveled back is formed with a tongue, B, and in the thick edge nearthe front a groove, C, is cut. The strips are applied vertically to awall to form the wainscoting by fitting the tongue B of one into thegroove O of the other, as shown in Fig. 2. The back portion d of thegroove is made somewhat wider and thicker than the `front portion e, inorder' to receive the nails by which the wainscoting is secured to thewall, and to facilitate their being driven. After the irst strip hasbeen applied to the wall, thesucceeding strips are nailed only throughthe parts d, their opposite edges being held by the tongue and groove,as above described.

By this construction the i'ace of the wainscoting is made smooth, withthe exception of the ornamental beads f, while passages, G, are formedbetween each strip and the wall for the circulation of air, to preventthe wainscoting from decaying.

I claim- The wainscoting herein described, consisting of the strips A Aprovided with beveled or inclined back surfaces,tongues B B,and grooves`C O, included between the wide and deep rear projections d d and thenarrow and short front projections f f, so that the face of the strips,when applied, may form a plain surface, and wedge-shaped air-spaces maybe left at the back of cach strip, substantially as and for the purposespecified. GEO. G. VINANS.

Witnesses z A. H. WINTON, E. V. WILLARD.

